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Dr. Vatche Agopian, Director, Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center; Dr. Yazhen Zhu, co-director of the liquid biopsy laboratory at UCLA; and Hsian-Rong Tseng of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research & Labs

New Technology Aims Toward Earlier Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Primary liver cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, takes more than 30,000 lives in the United States each year....

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New Framework for Studying Brain Organization
Research & Labs

UCLA Researchers Provide New Framework for Studying Brain Organization

UCLA researchers and colleagues at Emory University and other research centers have combined data simulation and experimental observation to bridge a ...

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Self-Employed Women Report Lower Risk of High Blood Pressure and Obesity
Research & Labs

Self-Employed Women Report Lower Risk of High Blood Pressure and Obesity Compared to Women Who Work for Wages

Self-employed women report a lower risk of developing high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes compared to women who have a salary or work for wages...

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PPE Highly Effective at Protecting Emergency Department Workers from COVID
Research & Labs

UCLA, UI Health Care, CDC Researchers Find PPE Highly Effective at Protecting Emergency Department Workers from COVID

Emergency department health care workers' risk of infection in the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic was largely related to household...

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Doctors performing transplant
Research & Labs

UCLA awarded $11.5 million to improve organ, hand and face transplantation

The Dumont–UCLA Transplant Center has received two grants totaling $11.5 million from the federal government for research aimed at making donated or...

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UCLA Researchers Identify Previously Unobserved Type of White Blood Cell Involved in Development of Pimples
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UCLA Researchers Identify Previously Unobserved Type of White Blood Cell Involved in Development of Pimples

Acne affects more than 45 million people and is ranked third among chronic skin conditions that cause disability....

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DNA Sequencing
Research & Labs

UCLA researchers awarded Department of Defense funding to improve prostate cancer treatment outcomes

A team led by Paul C Boutros, PhD, MBA has been awarded over $2.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Department of Defense....

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Initiative seeks to adapt SwabSeq technology to detect all novel pathogens
Research & Labs

UCLA Launches Effort to Expand Its COVID Test to Detect Other Emerging Viruses

CLA Health is joining a new effort to increase the ability to quickly respond to emerging pathogens by creating the capability to detect all existing ...

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UCLA Health’s TechQuity Accelerator
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UCLA Health’s TechQuity Accelerator Announces Inaugural Cohort Advancing Equitable Innovations

The inaugural cohort of innovators has been selected to participate in UCLA Health’s new TechQuity Accelerator....

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Sensory interneurons derived from mouse stem cells
Research & Labs

Scientists develop blueprint for turning stem cells into sensory interneurons

The findings represent an important step toward cell therapies to restore sensation in people with spinal cord injuries...

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